The Seven Mountain-travel BooksDiadem Books, 1983 - 896 oldal H.W. Tilman has been called 'arguably the best expedition writer and best explorer-mountaineer' of the 20th century. This omnibus of exploratory mountain travel covers the years 1919-1952. |
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Ten Years Hard page | 19 |
Buffaloes and False Teeth | 30 |
Kibo and Mawenzi | 38 |
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Albania arrived began Belluno Bhotias bridge camp Cansiglio carried Chinese Chitral climbing coolies crossed difficult early east elephant Everest expedition feet fire foot forest Garhwal Germans Gilgit glacier gorge grass gully height Himalaya hope Hunza Jaglot journey Kangchenjunga Kashgar Kirghiz lake Langtang later less loads looked midday miles Misgar mist moraine morning Mount Everest mountain Muktinath Muztagh Ata nallah Nanda Devi Nanga Parbat natives Nepal night o'clock Odell ourselves partisans party Pasang pass peak perhaps ponies porters rain Rakaposhi reached ridge river road rock Rongbuk rope round route seemed Sherpas Shipton short side Sikkim slope snow soon steep stone stream summit tent thought Tibet Tibetan took track traverse turned Urumchi valley village Wakhjir wall weather wind yaks yorts